Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15

@Can you suggest anything elsea" i. g,
aNo, / can't. There's some internal devil
try at work, but beat my'brains as I viii, ]
can't see where it comes from"
II tell you what we must do, Vernon" said
Lady Hayward, decisively. "We must b
very careful not to brighten any one and keep
our own counsel. Ride over to tho town
early tomorrow morning, and telegraph to
Scotland Yard for a detective to come down
disguised to the ball. There will be 50 many
people the servants won't have time to notice
him. He must stop On as a visitor till he finds
out something"
"That will do!" exclaimed Lord Hayward.
aNow 60" said Lady Hayward, ringing the
bell for Taylor; II must dress at once"
AS he went out he met the maid in the
doorway, and gave her a more curious look
than usual. The result was onlyto give up his
idea as preposterous. She had a very gentle,
good face; her soft. brown hair, brushed
smoothly over her ears, gave it an almost
Puritanic look. Lady Hayward had made
something of a friend of her, and the girl
had never presumed in the least upon 1t, but
had always retained her subdued, sweet man
Ier." '
Lady Hayward scrutinized her, too, during
the process of dressing, but she shrank from
the thoughts in her W mind. She had
grown fond Of her treasure of a maid, and
felt ashamed of herself for her quickly sup
pressed suspicious.
Early next morning the telegram was sent
to Scotland Yard by Lord Hayward, who
rode over alone to send it, and waited for the
answer. The reply seemed to please him, and
he rode bach in good spirits to a late break
fast. He even faced, with moderate cheer
fitness, Lady Hayward's eldest sister, who
was in a frightful state about her necklace.
This lady was ono Of his pet aversions; she
Yves not pretty Or clever, like his wife, but
she was more irreproachable, more moral,
more perfect, and she was On old maid. Prob-
ably she was the only person in the world Of
whom Lady Hayward was afraid, Miss Col
letto was a severe censor in all things, n
kept her eyeslass well fixed on her younger
sister, who had an important position to I'LL
before the world. At present Miss Collette
was very cngry because she did not know
what was tting done about the thefts; and
she held that she ought to have been one OF
the council: But Lady Hayward was obsti-
Eate; she had found cut before that the ex-
eu1plaTy Cecilia could not hold her tongue.
This extreme discretion having been OBJ
served, the Scotland Yard detective arrived,
rs a visitor, am no one paid any partlcnlar
attention to him. He was very quiet and
adopted the character Of the man who does
not dance, or talk or do anything, and it an
swered admirably. A number Of other men
with superb shirt fronts hung about the door.
ways and looked bored; Mr.. Hawk was ad-
mirably gotten up for the purpose, and had
only to mingle with these others and look as
bored as they. Lady Hayward was delighted
at this excellent effacement Of himself and
kept hereye on him with great interest. She
managed to speak to him very late, when the
party was breaking up He had discovered
nothing so far-not even a aclew"-and she
went to bed disappointed.
Visitors at Hayward castle breakfasted, Of
course, at any time during the morning; but
the family and household always assembled
to morning prayers at a quarter to 9, and
breakfast formally began directly afterwards
Mr.. Hawk had learned this and was in the
breakfast room early-the only guest pres
ent. No one else turned up but Lord and
Lady Hayward themselves, Rose Mannering,
who always appeared with her charge at this
time, and the servants. Even Miss Collette
vast tired to come down, though no one
was ~stricter, theoretically, on the subject Of
prayers. How grateful was Lady
Hayward; half ar hour afterwatd, that her
sister had been late chat morning!
The servants all came in, led by the butler
and the stately housekeeper, and Lor6 Hay
ward read prayers. MI. Hawk sat very
in the shadow of q curtain.
With all decorum the servants filed out
again. and Mr.. Hawk did not move. The